Hoàn Kiếm Trip Overview
We will start walking to Cat Cat & Sin Chai villages in the bottom of Muong Hoa valley. Enjoy the spectacular views of the beautiful valley towards Fansipan – highest peak in Viet Nam and Indochina. Go through the village of Black H’mong ethnic minority, see people weaving and embroidering their clothes, keep going down enjoy colourful rice terraces and the interesting waterfall.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Hoàn Kiếm, Vietnam
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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We will start walking to Cat Cat & Sin Chai villages in the bottom of Muong Hoa valley. Enjoy the spectacular views of the beautiful valley towards Fansipan – highest peak in Viet Nam and Indochina. Go through the village of Black H’mong ethnic minority, see people weaving and embroidering their clothes, keep going down enjoy colourful rice terraces and the interesting waterfall.
Itinerary
Day 1: Night 1: Ha Noi – Night train to Lao Cai
Stop At: 104 Lê Duẩn, 116 Đ. Lê Duẩn, Văn Miếu, Đống Đa, Hà Nội, Vietnam
20:30 pm – Our guide pick up at your hotel then transfer to Tran Quy Cap train station for a night train to Lao Cai.
22:00pm – Train depart and sleep the nights on train. Travel time approx 9 hrs
Duration: 9 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight on the train (Hà Nội – Lào Cai ).
Day 2: Night 2: Lao Cai – Sapa – Y Linh Ho – Lao Chai – Ta Van – Sapa (B, L, D)
Stop At: Sapa, Sapa, Lao Cai Province
At around 9:00 am, the tour will start from Sapa town, you will take a 7km of walking down to the south east of Sapa along the side of Muong Hoa Valley to Y Linh Ho Village of the Black H’mong to see those sensual patterns of the terraces from above. And then take 3km trekking down to Lao Chai Village, and 4 km through terraced rice fields to Ta Van Village of the Giay minority people.
Have a picnic lunch at local family, where you can see the local house architecture and witness local daily life styles and exclusive customs.
Enjoy the landscapes on the way until getting back to Sapa by jeep or motorbike in the afternoon and free at leisure the rest of the day until dinner. Overnight at Hotel in Sapa.
Trekking: 10km of trekking, 8km of driving back to Sapa.
Duration: 1 day
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Traditional Vietnamese food.
• Lunch: Traditional Vietnamese food.
• Dinner: Traditional Vietnamese food.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Hotel at Sapa town.
Day 3: Night 2: Sapa tours – Cat Cat and Sin Chai – Sapa Overnight on the train (B, L, D)
Stop At: Cat Cat village, Sapa 330000 Vietnam
In the morning, have breakfast at the hotel and then check out. Take a walk down to the South-west of Sapa (around 3 km) to visit Cat Cat Village of the Black H’mong, one of the more well-known ethnic village of Sapa. Relax at the foot of the stunning waterfall and the vestige of a hydroelectric power station that was constructed by the French during the colonial time in Vietnam.
Enjoy picnic lunch by the side of the river, and then continue trekking to 3 km to Sin Chai Village, located at the foot of Fansipan Mountain – “the Roof of Indochina”, where you enjoy a stunning landscapes of the mountain.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Lao Cai, Lao Cai, Lao Cai Province
Then come back to the main road to be transferred to Sapa town on a jeep for 3km. Take a fresh shower in the hotel before heading to Lao Cai train station for the night train back to Ha Noi.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Traditional Vietnamese food.
• Lunch: Traditional Vietnamese food.
• Dinner: Traditional Vietnamese food.
Accommodation included: Overnight on the train.
